List the tribes you belong to: cultural, personal, literary, you get the drift. Talk about the experience of being in your element with your tribes.
Well, I think I belong to a literary tribe. I have enough friends that are into studying English, or read, or both, and I really feel like these are my people. I like people that challenge me. I want to be around people that are smarter than me, and I think English students and readers are intelligent people. I'm not saying that people who don't read are not intelligent, because many of them are, but I feel a special connection to people that read books and talk about them.
When I meet a woman for example, I am instantly more attracted if I find out she reads. I don't know if it works that I'm turned off if she doesn't, though maybe it does. I feel like there is a connection there that I want, and I want to be able to talk about books, share books, recommend books, and generally share a love of reading.
With school lately, I feel like i have neglected my reading, and I have only finished a handful of books compared to how much I had been reading last year. I took some classes last year that had me reading a book every week or better, and even then I checked out some books from the library to read on my own, too.
I'm not saying I'm the fastest reader, and maybe I'm not. I know sometimes I will set a book down for a long time and not read anything from it for weeks and even months sometimes. I do prefer to have a few books going at a time, and I do like the feeling of finishing a book. Finishing a book gives me this (false?) sense of accomplishment. Maybe I remember high school when I wouldn't finish books if I didn't like them. I certainly had books that I loved and would read all the way through, and I think I probably read most of what was assigned, but I can remember not finishing certain books because I didn't know how to manage my time.
I'm a lot better at time management now, and life in general. I am by no means an expert reader. or an expert at life for that matter, but I have figured some things out. You can't take things too seriously, or believe that they have any more impact then they really do when things don't go your way. Like I always say, I do lead a charmed life and I am very privileged to have incredible people in my life and to have more come in every year. I do feel like a part of a tribe with these people. I'm still looking for my own voice in a way, but I am happy.
Part of The Scintilla Project.
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